Sudden Danger

Sudden Danger is a 1955 American film noir crime drama directed by Hubert Cornfield and starring Bill Elliott, Beverly Garland, and Tom Drake.

Sudden Danger
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Hubert Cornfield
Written by	Daniel B. Ullman Elwood Ullman
Story by	Daniel B. Ullman
Produced by	Ben Schwalb
Starring	Bill Elliott Tom Drake
Cinematography	Ellsworth Fredericks
Edited by	William Austin
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1955 (1955-12-18) (United States)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Police detective Doyle (Elliott) is investigating the alleged suicide of a woman who heads a clothing manufacturing company. He suspects that the victim was murdered, and that the perpetrator was her son, Curtis (Drake), who was blinded by her in an accident several years before. Hoping to clear himself, Curtis begins searching for clues on his own. By fadeout time he and Doyle have cornered the actual killer.

Cast

• Bill Elliott as Lt. Andy Doyle
• Tom Drake as Wallace Curtis
• Beverly Garland as Phyllis Baxter
• Dayton Lummis as Raymond Wilkins
• Helene Stanton as Vera
• Lucien Littlefield as Dave Glennon
• Lyle Talbot as Harry Woodruff
• Minerva Urecal as Mrs. Kelly
• Frank Jenks as Kenny, the bartender
• Pierre Watkin as George Caldwell

See also

• Dial Red O (1955)
• Calling Homicide (1956)
• Chain of Evidence (1957)
• Footsteps in the Night (1957)
• List of American films of 1955

External links

• Sudden Danger at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Sudden Danger at IMDb
• Sudden Danger at AllMovie
• Sudden Danger at the TCM Movie Database